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The Golden Knights keep making history in their inaugural season, as they became the first expansion franchise in NHL history to sweep a postseason series in its first season when they defeated the Kings on Tuesday.

History-making Panik in Southern CaliforniaJoe Panik, whose fifth-inning home run off Clayton Kershaw provided the only run in the Giants season-opening 1-0 win at Dodger Stadium on Thursday, duplicated the feat on Friday night, connecting off Kenley Jansen in the ninth inning for the only run of the game.

Vegas surprised everyone by reaching the playoffs in its first season thanks to a carefully crafted and uniquely motivated roster. "Guys who haven't had chances in the past are thriving because they aren't worried about making mistakes," says James Neal.

The message we want to send this week: No matter its record, every team -- from No. 1 Nashville to No. 31 Ottawa -- is good at something. So in these rankings, we look at what each team (or a specific player) does best statistically.

Vegas might be an expansion team with a bevy of stray parts and expiring contracts, but it showed at the trade deadline that it's going all-in to win now -- much to the delight of star Jonathan Marchessault, who says: "I couldn't be happier playing here."

Why is Steven Stamkos worried? Will Vegas strike more gold at the trade deadline? Is Predators goalie Pekka Rinne making a convincing case for the Vezina? There are plenty of pressing questions among this week's ranks.

A hard one to top by HardenJames Harden conducted one of the most impressive performances in NBA history on Tuesday, setting a slew of individual records en route to leading the Rockets to victory over the Magic.